Surfaces : a history /
Joseph A. Amato.
- xvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286).
Introduction : The surface is where the action is -- We are surfaces and surfaces are us -- The grip and grasp of things -- Walls and homes : the ins and outs of life -- Decoration and representation -- The eye and hand : the mind and science of surfaces -- Courts, gardens, and mirrors : seeing and being seen -- Fresh faces and new interfaces : from the ground floor up -- Engineering the small, designing the invisible -- Conclusion : Encapsulations.